[CentOS] OT: Hardware upgrade help

Thomas Dukes tdukes at sc.rr.com
Wed Aug 24 00:40:47 UTC 2011


 

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> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:26 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Hardware upgrade help
> 
> On 08/23/11 5:17 PM, Thomas Dukes wrote:
> > I would like to upgrade my system to a 64 bit machine. I'd like to 
> > find a bare bones platform to build on. I'm not looking to 
> spend a lot 
> > of money on this as it is a home system. I looked on the CentOS 
> > sponsor page but only saw hosting services.
> >
> > I haven't kept up with hardware in years so I'm dumber than dirt on 
> > what's out there. I would prefer a desktop so I can stack it. Don't 
> > think I need to do the Xeon as that would be overkill for a 
> home user.
> 
> any Intel Core 2 or newer, or AMD Opteron processor from 
> about 3-4 years 
> ago or newer would suit you just fine.   the newest ones have 
> 4+ cores.

What determines if it's a 64 bit machine? Dual core?

> 
> > This would be replacing my 'server' so I need PCI slots for an 
> > additional NIC and a 32 bit video capture card used for zoneminder. 
> > Not sure what PCI express is or if my cards would work in 
> those slots. 
> > Yep, I'm running 8 yrs old machines, IBM NetVistas. :-(
> 
> parallel 32bit PCI is becoming obsolete, although many 
> motherboards have both PCI-E and legacy PCI slots...  
> PCI-Express is not physically or 
> electrically compatible.   ISA is totally history, you won't 
> find an ISA 
> slot on anything made in the past few years.   Most newer NICs are 
> PCI-Express anyways.   I do wish more desktop motherboards had 2 
> ethernet ports, and more servers had 4 standard.
> 
 Any suggestions on a mainboard with that can accommodate my needs?

Thanks!!




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